Carter and Davis are the seventh and eighth former UNC players to be primarily inducted as players – the most by any college program in the nation.

Most athletes will tell you that they don't play for individual accolades, but the Hall of Fame is different. Being recognized as the best of the best in your given sport validates all the hard work and sacrifices they made along the way.

There was a party in Springfield, Mass., and Vince Carter was at the center of it. Thirteen new players, coaches and contributors were inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday, but the headliner was Vince Carter,